The journey of Simple Minds started in the gritty punk clubs of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1977, continuing to small theaters and halls and then on to massive stadium-rock celebrations. Along the way, it ...

Chrissie Hynde was married to frontman Jim Kerr when Simple Minds was offered a song for a Hollywood soundtrack. He was ...

THE things that stay with you. One evening in 1984 I was sitting in a student flat in Stirling listening to Janice Long on Radio 1. During her handover to John Peel, she dedicated the last record she ...

With the huge success of Don’t You (Forget About Me) taken from the soundtrack of the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club – and their subsequent album, Once Upon a Time – Simple Minds became a ...

After a sheepish apology from singer Jim Kerr, fans at Synovus Bank Amphitheater go back to enjoying the 1980s new wave band. Simple Minds played a 105-minute, 17-song set Saturday at Synovus Bank ...

It’s good to have integrity about your music and the direction you want it to take. But when you get stubborn about it, to the point that it might actually work against folks hearing your music, it ...

On June 1, the Toyota Music Factory in Irving buzzed with electricity as fans lined up for a night filled with the echoes of an iconic decade. The Alive & Kicking Tour 2025 promised a euphoric journey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The ...

EXCLUSIVE: Not many bands can claim to have surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify for a single song. But Simple Minds is one of them. The Scottish group best known for their hit “Don’t You (Forget ...

The legendary Scottish rock band has a new documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' Dean Chalkley The documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' details the history of the legendary ...